Giorgio Comai

Researcher @BalcaniCaucaso, crunching data @EdjNet, previously at Dublin City University @IICRR. #ddj #rstats

Current project:

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This is part of the main project I'm currently working on:

"Text as data & data in the text - Studying conflicts in post-Soviet spaces through structured analysis of textual contents available on-line"

Check out the project website, and expect much more: https://t.co/FRzqLauNye

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Link to my own piece in English - https://t.co/ZhvWGQgCXU - and in Italian - https://t.co/AUoIYbkUHO

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In my latest - https://t.co/ZhvWGQgCXU - I explore how some of my own findings confirm the centrality of the ideological circles at the centre of Juliette Faure's excellent book, "The Rise of the Russian Hawks: Ideology and Politics from the Late Soviet Union to Putin’s #Russia"

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Juliette Faure's book: https://t.co/GaIGHHtDH9 - and a recent article https://t.co/Xldammj8Ia

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"gli accordi di pace diventano ostaggi dei mutamenti geopolitici e rischiano di degenerare in un preludio a nuovi conflitti, sfollamenti di massa e guerre prolungate."

Ora anche in italiano su @BalcaniCaucaso l'importante contributo di @Olesya_vArt

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Important (and timely!) contribution by @Olesya_vArt:
> "Nagorno-Karabakh and the Collapse of Russia’s Peacekeeping Mission: What Weak Mandates and Absent Guarantees Can Teach Us"

https://t.co/lWOHaZrwIb

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Important (and timely!) contribution by @Olesya_vArt:
> "Nagorno-Karabakh and the Collapse of Russia’s Peacekeeping Mission: What Weak Mandates and Absent Guarantees Can Teach Us"

https://t.co/lWOHaZrwIb

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Why there shouldn’t be expectations about any breakthrough in the negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul?

In his famous Odnako programme on Russia’s First Channel, Leontyev explains:
#Russia

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What are the "root causes" of the conflict with Ukraine according to Russia?

My latest structured analysis shows that in Kremlin-speech they do not effectively relate to Ukraine, but rather to the world order and Russia's place in it: https://t.co/Xxvlqbh0YJ #Russia

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What are the "root causes" of the conflict with Ukraine according to Russia?

My latest structured analysis shows that in Kremlin-speech they do not effectively relate to Ukraine, but rather to the world order and Russia's place in it: https://t.co/Xxvlqbh0YJ #Russia

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As Romanians flock to the polls, time to bring back my quantitative analysis showing the incredible density of Romanian polling stations in Italy:

half of Italian residents could drive to a Romanian polling station in less than 35 minutes.

https://t.co/NV1t3ITi7N #Romania 🇷🇴

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"No amount of unilateral Ukrainian concessions would address what Russia considers the ‘root causes’ of the conflict."

My latest: https://t.co/gs1dx3NgVc #Ukraine #Russia

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I somehow missed Tsargrad's earlier extensive reporting on this: https://t.co/41XJDrdjuK

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Russian nationalist media Tsargrad openly criticises Russian financial assistance to Abkhazia, comparing it to lack of support for displaced residents from the Kursk oblast.

"Стыд: Россия продолжает кормить мошенников в Абхазии" https://t.co/mfxDs5CGCY
-> https://t.co/iaYgqtlBfP

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A playlist of Abkhaz-language cover songs of international hits starting from Abba's "Happy New Year" ending with "One way ticket to the moon".

Can you guess all songs in between?

My favourite soundtrack for New Year's eve, just re-uploaded on YouTube:
https://t.co/wAVRpjE6dE

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A few months ago, in reference to the impending crisis in Transnistria, @bervent and I argued that "when buying time,it's important to make sure to use it wisely."

Step 1: buy time
Step 2: use it wisely

We focused on step 2, but step 1 is of the essence

https://t.co/XdYatlr3jA

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Meanwhile, in Transnistria they're releasing infographics on how to ensure safety at home as gas may be cut in January. https://t.co/adVIgDST1O

Context (still valid, as no deal found): https://t.co/HxA2zYFbtb

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As 31 December approaches with no gas deal in sight for Transnistria, thinking of this old but gold song about Gazprom (meant in earnest)

"you'll never ever find
A surer friend than Gazprom.
We're giving people warmth and light
For office and for home"

https://t.co/82aFawniB4

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Wild scenes of disconnecting non-paying or illegally-connected customers. Enraged people. Hugely problematic at the time. A more humane transition was possible.

But also, part of the solution, I suppose.

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The ongoing energy crisis in Abkhazia, with residents getting electricity for a couple of hours per day, reminds me of this 2005 documentary about the privatisation of Tbilisi's electricity company:

trailer: https://t.co/De7W4CmfGc
about: https://t.co/ZtmSbcqWQI